KLM x Airbnb - Airplane Apartment

KLM x Airbnb - Airplane Apartment

KLM has teamed up with popular accomodation site Airbnb for a promotion in which aviation enthusiasts could win a night’s stay inside one of the airline’s just-retired MD-11s parked at its hub at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The 366m2 plane has been stripped of its functional seats and boasts a game room, play area, a master bedroom, a terrace and a private cinema.

In its listing for the Amsterdam ‘Spacious Airplane Apartment’ Airbnb says the Wi-Fi equipped two-bedroom lodging option also comes with two kitchens, a living room, eight “small” bathrooms, 116 windows and “a giant cockpit panorama window.”

A one-night stay on board the MD-11 was on offer for three lucky people chosen from everyone who requested to book the apartment via Airbnb. They were flown in from anywhere in the world by KLM and also received an EUR 500 Airbnb voucher.

The Airplane Apartment was available for three nights only, from November 28 to 30. To be considered, would-be house guests had to submit a message of 100 words or less via the Airbnb listing why he or she “should win a night at a KLM airplane.”

The tongue in cheek house rules included “No flying” and “Please treat our plane like you treat your own plane,” and the first guests were Cristina en Tommaso from Rome, who were welcomed by a KLM stewardess (full report of their stay here).

The Airbnb competition earned KLM massive media coverage and a total of 10.207 people applied for a chance to stay a night at the MD11 apartment.